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yang mandi
Asked: 2021-08-12 03:16:58 +0800 CST

Gnome-software 'Sorry, something went wrong: the name :n.nnnn was not provided by any .service files'

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When opening gnome software and clicking the update icon, then these errors show up.

Should I ignore it?

error1

error2

EDIT 2021-12-21: None of the answers below seems to work.

20.04

4 Answers

  1. This command solve the issue:

    sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-software

    I put it as an answer here for improving the visibility of hosford42 comment. All credits to him.

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  2. Try with

    sudo apt install policykit-1

    It might help.

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  3. Seems to be an issue on several distros (Zorin, RedHat, Arch...). Based on this post

    sudo apt clean 
sudo du -sh /var/cache/apt/ && sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt/
pkill gnome-software; pkcon refresh force

    pkcon comes with PackageKit, a distro agnostic alternative to apt.

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  4. If the problem its with the flatpak apps maybe you can try to run:

    sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
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